9th Circuit Judges Signal Need For EPA To Update Lead Paint Definition

A panel of three appellate judges at Oct. 27 oral arguments appeared ready to force EPA to write a long-awaited update on its lead-based paint definition used in setting hazard levels for the substances, but also signaled disagreements on whether the agency can consider additional factors such as economic impacts when issuing lead hazard policies. During oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in A Community Voice, Inc. v. EPA , Judge Lawrence L. Piersol,...